The Revised Reports: Being a Republication of Such Cases in the English Courts of Common Law and Equity, from the Year 1785, as are Still of Practical Utility. 1785-1866, Volume 144Frederick Pollock, Robert Campbell, Oliver Augustus Saunders, Arthur Beresford Cane, Joseph Gerald Pease, William Bowstead Sweet & Maxwell, limited, 1914 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... ment of this cheque , on the ground that such sum was not really due to Piercey , but had been drawn in his favour to enable him to apply such monies in promoting the said pending applications to Parliament . A motion for injunction was ...
... ment of this cheque , on the ground that such sum was not really due to Piercey , but had been drawn in his favour to enable him to apply such monies in promoting the said pending applications to Parliament . A motion for injunction was ...
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... ment . The only duty of the trustees towards the person in- terested in the land was to raise the money and hand it over when raised . I am , therefore , quite incapable of distinguishing the present case from the two cases to which I ...
... ment . The only duty of the trustees towards the person in- terested in the land was to raise the money and hand it over when raised . I am , therefore , quite incapable of distinguishing the present case from the two cases to which I ...
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... ment to her within the power , and a contemporaneous settle- ment by her upon her marriage . The appointment and the settlement were by different deeds , and if the appointment had been to Mrs. Daniel , absolutely followed by a ...
... ment to her within the power , and a contemporaneous settle- ment by her upon her marriage . The appointment and the settlement were by different deeds , and if the appointment had been to Mrs. Daniel , absolutely followed by a ...
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... ment upon which the principal difficulty arises is the appoint- ment made of Mrs. Courthope's share , evidently under mistaken advice on the part of the solicitors , and the question is , whether or not the appointment of that share can ...
... ment upon which the principal difficulty arises is the appoint- ment made of Mrs. Courthope's share , evidently under mistaken advice on the part of the solicitors , and the question is , whether or not the appointment of that share can ...
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... ment of that child's share , she being about to be married , are made at the same period by contemporaneous instruments , though in form , perhaps , the instruments may not appear to be correctly framed , yet the Court regards it as an ...
... ment of that child's share , she being about to be married , are made at the same period by contemporaneous instruments , though in form , perhaps , the instruments may not appear to be correctly framed , yet the Court regards it as an ...
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Page 550 - Defendant afterwards, under leave, reserved at the trial, moved for and obtained a rule to show cause why the verdict should not be set aside, and...
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